MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!Today I want to wish you all a happy holiday and send a huge thank you for all your support and contributions.My video today is a greeting from so many who have made a deep impression on me during the time I worked in Nepal. All the faces in this video mean something to me, whether I've just shared a cup of tea with them, or I have stayed with them for a longer or shorter period. Some I have worked with. We have laughed and we have cried together, we have shared happiness and sorrow.I appreciate them so much, and all they have taught me!Be open and learn from everything life offers you!

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!Heartfelt thanks for good friendship and great support!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTNow you have followed me through this Advent and got some of my stories. Today I want to give you a video put together from the time right after the earthquake, through my different jobs in earthquake effected areas. Only few days after the first earthquake, I went out with Hillary Relief Collective to Helambu. After that I went with Karmaflights to the epicenter close to Mandre in Gorkha. During this time I got to know so many new good friends and colleagues. Some of them I have continued to work with on my own projects rebuilding Health Posts, schools and villages in Novakot - Helambu district (Kutumsang). Many many thanks to all of you!I also got the chance to work as Field Manager with Remote Access Operations for WFP (World Food Program) to open a 5100m mountain pass to get 65 tonns of supply into a remote mountain valley which were cut off by landslides due to the earthquake.Last but not least I have been able to support the weakest; not only the animals at Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre, but also the River-people and our beloved low caste family in Samaguan.I could never have done this without your help; Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Thank you and Merry Christmas to all my good friends and colleagues I worked together with in Nepal:

22. Desember/ 22nd of DecemberEnglish version; scroll down.THE WORLD IS HOW YOU CHOOSE TO SEE ITEn dag da jeg var på vei tilbake til Kathmandu fra Kutumsang, møtte jeg mange barn, voksne og gamle som forsøkte å planere ut skråningen og lage nye plasser for hus.Jeg hadde vært noen dager i Kutumsang og området rundt for å levere materialer til skolebygging og besøke helsestasjonen og skolene vi allerede hadde startet å bygge opp. Da vi vandret nedover så jeg alle dem som var igang med å bygge, vi stoppet og spurte dem hva deres historie var. De inviterte oss til å ta en pause og sitte ned med dem. De serverte chang (hjemmelagd øl) og pekte og forklarte hvor deres landsby var. Den var fullstendig ødelagt etter jordskjelvet. Og denne landsbyen ligger midt mellom to fylker, så de hadde ikke mottatt noe hjelp fra noen. De var blitt glemt, og tok fatt på oppgaven med gjennoppbygging selv. Da bestemte jeg meg for å hjelpe dem og med hjelp fra dere, mine venner her på Facebook, fikk vi samlet inn penger til å handle inn det bølgeblikket som trengtes.Mange takk!Dagens oppgave:Følg det nepalske ordspråket, og gjerne del det med andre:In the eyes of a flower, everything is flowers and in the eyes of a thorn,everything is thorns(fritt oversatt: «verden blir hvordan du velger å se den»)THE WORLD IS HOW YOU CHOOSE TO SEE ITOne day when I was walking back from Kutumsang to Kathmandu, I met a lot of children, adults and elderly who tried to prepare the ground for new houses. I had been in the Kutumsang area for some days to deliver more materials to schools and to visit the Health Post and some schools we already had built.When we were walking back, we came across this hard working people and asked them about their story. They invited us to sit down with them, they offered us som chang (home-brewed beer) and they pointed out their village and explained about the destructions. Their village is located right in-between to counties and had received no help from either. They were forgotten. So they just started on their own, with the rubbel from their old buildings.I decided there and then to help them. And because of you my friends here at Facebook, I managed to raise enough money to buy the corrugated iron they needed.Thank you!Todays task:Live by the nepali quote, and tell it to others:In the eyes of a flower, everything is flowers and in the eyes of a thorn,everything is thorns(«The world is how you choose to see it»)

21. Desember/ 21st of DecemberEnglish version; scroll down.WONDERFUL FRIENDSJeg har vært så utrolig heldig som har slike flotte venner og kollegaer. Gjennom tiden i Nepal, etter jordskjelvet har jeg vært så heldig å bli kjent med fantastiske mennesker som har hjulpet til av hele sitt hjerte. For noen dager fikk jeg en hilsen som tre av dem hadde satt sammen til meg: Hjertelig takk for hilsen, og for all hjelp og støtte! Dere er fantastiske Merethe Hansen, Laki Jayba Sherpa og Kjell Rune Fosse!Dagens oppgave:Fortell noen hvor mye de betyr for degWONDERFUL FRIENDSI have been so lucky to have such wonderful friends and colleagues. Through the time spent in Nepal after the earthquake, I have been so blessed to get to know so many wonderful people who helped and engaged from the bottom of their hearts.Some days ago I received this wonderful greeting from three of them: Thank you so much all you have done Merethe, Laki and Kjell Rune!Todays task:Tell someone how much they mean to you